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Weekend Mega Linkfest: 04 May, 2018

Some off beat reads for the weekend:

The gambler who made Billions on the horse races (Bloomberg)

How Ferrero Rocher became a status symbol for immigrant families (Thrillist)

On Facebook’s struggles to contain Hate speech (SCMP)

The ‘Strongman Era’ is here (Ian Bremmer)

The extra ordinary Sukumar Sen (BI)

Murder at the Alcatraz (Atavist)

The mystery of the Killer Vacation (GQ)

The Iran deal is absurd (Atlantic)

The rise of Russia’s neo-Nazi hooligans (Guardian)

An assassination in Malaysia (ATimes)

Spoof: N Korea & S Korea team up to invade Italy (Onion)

What do you know about tragedy? (J Mathrubootham)

Indian Summer as a traveller’s tale (Open)

Reviving the art of watch making in Bengaluru (Qz)

Surat’s forgotten cemeteries (Wire)

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Linkfest: 04 May, 2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

How Xiaomi plans to shake things up in India (ET)

Indigo shares plunge (Mint)

Price Waterhouse uses ‘fraud’ word in letter to Vakrangee (MC)

Kochhar family and the mystery of Credential Finance (Rediff)

Tata Motors sells its Defence Business to Tata Advanced (Quint)

Investing in PSU stocks (2 Point 2 Capital)

A look at tyre stocks (Safir Anand)

On the Musk Meltdown (CNBC)

On Amazon Valuations (Aswath Damodaran)

Highlights from Asian Investing Summit 2018 (MOI Global)

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Linkfest: 03 May, 2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Fed keeps interest rates unchanged (ET)

India’s next unicorns (Mint)

India’s packaged food market to surge (Quint)

Frustrated flat owners after taking possession (Ravi)

Momentum Investing-An experiment with real money (Prashanth)

How composition of wealth changes as per your net worth (FS)

20 Best Small Business Ideas (My Investment Ideas)

Jenrette’s 24 rules for success (Barry)

The need for liquidity is over rated (FS)

Chinese eye North Korea real estate (Reuters)

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Linkfest: 02 May, 2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

L&T sells electrical business to Schneider (BS)

Sajjan Jindal points out immaturity of bankruptcy laws (MC)

Philips India screws minority shareholders (TOI)

Case of cheating, extortion against Yum India (Forbes)

Company Profile: Dilip Buildcon (OB)

DSK has looted 470 Crores from flat buyers (Ravi)

The tale told by bank loan numbers (Mint)

IT employees upset over salary hikes (ET)

The top 10 most profitable industries in India (Calm Investor)

Integrity?What does it have to do with shares? (Bala)

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Linkfest: 01 May, 2018

Some stuff I am reading today morning:

Interview with Aditya Ghosh (MC)

The nefarious world of C Sivasankaran (Rediff)

Interview with Raamdeo Agrawal (ET)

Turnaround at Catholic Syrian Bank? (BS)

Stock Talk: Jindal Stainless (Hisar)  (Abhishek Basumallick)

Presentation on Investor Behaviour (Jiten Parmar)

On the Liquidation of Monnet Ispat (Sanjay Bakshi)

Churning Investments Vs Planting a tree (Credo Capital)

Does “sell in May” really work? (Crossing Wall Street)

Is Book Value irrelevant? (TRB)